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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: coolidge on August 06, 2017, 05:08:47 PM
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Driving my new GMC 2500 Saturday, couldn't turn to the right, steering wheel turned 8 inches before wheels would turn. This will be the second time in the shop for same issue, only has 32000 on it. :bash:
Got the mail last night after our trip, propane companies bill in there. $3.89 per gallon.
Going to find my own tank this week, if I have a truck.
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What's the steering problem?
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They had to rebuild the steering box again, added some loctite to a nut that keeps coming loose.
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Common issue with those model years.
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Common issue with those model years.
What years?
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I believe the 14-15-16 2500s had steering box issues.
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My 15 has 125k miles on it and I never had a problem with the steering.
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its a gm ::)
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My 15 has 125k miles on it and I never had a problem with the steering.
I have a 99 Cummins for farm use, 276000 miles on it, have never once experienced the Dodge death wobble. But right after I bought it I replaced all the ball joints and any other worn steering components with Moog. Also had a bit of play in the steering box I couldn’t get adjusted out, so aftermarket there.
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The best thing u can do for a dodge is a steering stabilizer!
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The best thing u can do for a dodge is a steering stabilizer!
Haven’t had to do that, I looked at em but the aftermarket steering box took care of it. I’d rather drive my cummins at 80mph on the toll road than the Liberty.
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Don't matter to me where u drive, glad to see you in a cummins!
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I just got a quote today of $1.39 a gallon in NE Ohio.
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I just got a quote today of $1.39 a gallon in NE Ohio.
I can remember my father having a fit the first time it got anywhere close to .70 cents/gallon, but we were drying corn with LP then and would buy a semi load at a time.
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I have contacted 6 different places companies about buying a tank from them, they won't sell me one.
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Check out some auction sites, that's where I found my brother his 1000 gallon tank. Cost him 800 dollars to purchase it.
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Check out some auction sites, that's where I found my brother his 1000 gallon tank. Cost him 800 dollars to purchase it.
Thats a pretty good price, around here figure at least a dollar a gallon for a used tank.
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We both thought that was a good price as well. He was only looking for a 500 gallon but took advantage of that one. We go to a lot of farm auctions and see them pop up every now and then but most of them are in need of new valves and a good paint job.
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They all also have to be recertified every 10 years, the owner is responsible for that cost!
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What does it generally cost to get it recertified?
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All depends on who does it, the date stamped on the tank is the last test date, it will also include rather it was a visual or actual pressure test, I can't remember the codes but I'm sure a simple search would tell you which is for visual and which is for pressure drop.
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Good to know. I have one that I am looking at but the company that we currently have the tank leased from didn't want to really want to tell if there would be a problem getting it filled.
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Another thing to consider is that any company that fills your tank must do their own leak check on your system before filling the tank, that leak check is typically about $150, sort of stops the customer from shopping around for cheap gas!
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Another thing to consider is that any company that fills your tank must do their own leak check on your system before filling the tank, that leak check is typically about $150, sort of stops the customer from shopping around for cheap gas!
Really? Is that a federal or regional thing? It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had our own LP tanks though, maybe getting close to twenty years, but we’d call around and who ever was cheapest we’d tell em to bring a semi load out. But again, they could have very likely thought it was strictly for corn drying, never recall one of em checking the tanks before filling.
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No recertification required here and no charge for leak testing.
If you lease a tank from a particular supplier they do require you buy your propane from them.
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Leasing a tank is different, the owner is always responsible for inspecting the tanks, you might find a fly by nighter that doesn't inspect them once they are in the field but with one accident they will be gone! Yes the tank rules would be federal, look on the neck of the tank and you will see an inspection date and what type of inspection was performed, not performing the proper inspection puts the tank owner at risk in the event of an accident. Filling a tank owned by another propane company is illegal, if the tank is owned by the homeowner then each company that delivers to that tank is by law required to do a leak check on the entire system by doing a pressure drop test, most companies charge for that service.